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BOTTLE STOPPER.

No. 377,043. Patented Jan. 31, 1888.

WITNESSES: IIVVE/VTOR J V, .1 1 B BY fez [070W 8 @Hm 9 M A TTOR/VEVSNITEI) STATES ATENT FFICEG,

FREDERICK P. MORHOUS, OF BENNINGTON, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY IV.PUTNAM, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,043, dated January31, 1

Application filed December 1, 1887. Serial No. 256,603. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK P. Mon HOUs, of Bennington, Benningtoncounty, Vermont, have invented an Improved Bottle- 5 Stopper, of whichthe following is a specifieation.

This invention relates more particularly to that class ofbottle-stoppers in which the stopper proper is carried by a bail, whichis pivrc oted to a lever supported by the bottle.

The object of this invention is to permit the stopper to rotate freelyupon the bail, but to have no longitudinal movement along said bail.

The invention consists in the combination, with a bail having a bendorenlargement on its horizontal part, of a stopper having a recessarranged beneath the bend in the bail, and of a cap-piece carried by thestopper and covering the bend in the bail. The recess in the stopper andin the cap-piece forms a hollow space in which the bend in the bail isfree to play as the stopper rotates on the bail. The meeting edges ofthe stopper and the cap close this hollow space and prevent the bend inthe bail passing out of the space, thus preventing the stopper slidingon the bail.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which Figure l is a vertical crosssection on the line 0 c, Fig. 2;through the neck of a jar or bottle, showing my improved stopper inposition on the bottle. Fig. 2 is a central crosssection taken on theplane of the line it k, Fig. 1, part of the bottle being in full lines.Fig. 3 is a plan view; and Fig. 4. is a detail sectional view, on anenlarged scale, taken on the line k is, Fig. 1, showing, however, thetop of 4,0 the cap F removed.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents the neck of a bottle or jarof suitable construction. 13 is a bail adapted to embrace saidbottle-neck, and it is provided at its ends with hooks or bends a, whichfit into eyes I) in a lever, D, carried by the bottle-neck. Near thecenter of the horizontal part (I of the bail B is a bend or enlargement,c, which is preferably of the form shown that is, the bend forms asomewhat abrupt angle with the hori- 5o zontal part (I. E is thestopper, which may be of approved form. In the drawings it is shown as apiece of thin metal, the central portion of which is 'preferabl yelevated, as at f, to serve as a rest for the bail. In the center of thestopper isa recess or depression, 9, into which the bend or enlargementc of the bailfits when the stopper is in position on the bail.

F is a cap-piece adapted to fit on the stopper E, and to cover therecess 9 and the bend e in the bail. The cavity h in the cap-piece Fpreferably conforms to the shape and size of the recess 9 in thestopper. \Vhen the cap F is on the stopper E, the cavities g and h 6form a hollow space, 2'. In this hollow space the bend e, or enlargementof the bail, is free to play. The rim j of the cap F fits snugly on thestopper E and covers part of the bail. The cap F may be secured to thestopper E by suitable means, preferably by solder. The edges of therecesses or cavities g and h-preferably register, as in Figs. 2 and 4,whereby the inner wall of the hollow, 2', thus formed is leftcomparatively smooth. 7

XVhen the stopper so constructed is in position on the bail with thebend e in the hollow i, the stopper will be free to rotate on the bailB, as the bend c has free play within said hollow. The stopper E canhave no longi- 8o tudinal movement along the bail,as the bend 6 willstrike the inner wall of the cavity t.

This construction will be found very useful in jars or bottles for manypurposes, especially where milk is transported in bottles and whererepeated washing of the bottle and lower side of the stopper isnecessary, as this stopper can be turned completely over and thoroughlycleaned.

In place of the cap F completely covering 0 the bend c in the hail, theraised partZof said cap could be removed, the rim j of the cap or otherstrip of metal being placed over the part d of the bail to hold thestopper in place on the bail. 0 Having now described my invention, whatI claim is 1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of the bail B, havingbend or enlargement 6, stopcavity h, over the recess 9, said cap beingseper E, having recess gfor the reception of the cured on the stopper,substantially as deno bend or enlargement e, and a cap, F, forholdscribed. ing the stopper on the bail and permitting its 3 rotationthereon, substantially as described. FREDERICK B s' 2. In abottle-stopper, the combination of Witnesses: the bail B, having bend orenlargement 6, stop- WILLIAM G. T. WRIGHT,

per E, having recess 9, and cap F having JAMES B. MEAOHAM.

